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Corporate Stance Supporting
Abolishing the Death Penalty
We, the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs, Columbus,
Ohio join with Pope John Paul II, the United States Catholic Bishops,
the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in calling for the abolishing
of the death penalty in the United States. "We oppose the death
penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but
for what it does to all of us: it offers the tragic illusion that
we can defend life by taking life." (Most Reverend Joseph A. Fiorenza,
President of the National Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops, January
28, 1999) Passed June, 1999
On April 18, 2005 Dominicans for Justice and Peace joined
with other organizations to deliver a statement before the UN Commission
on Human Rights to call for an end to the use of the death penalty. To
read the statement click here.
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